Top 20 Companies Using Innovation to Combat Climate Change

Maplecroft’s Climate Innovation Indexes (CIIs) – which rank 360 of the largest US companies according to their innovation of clean-tech solutions and new products, mitigation of climate change related risks and management of carbon emissions – was released earlier this morning.

The top 20 US firms are ranked below, along with their sectors:

General Electric Co, Industrial

Alcoa Inc, Basic Materials

Johnson Controls Inc, Consumer, Cyclical

Ford Motor Co, Consumer, Cyclical

Intel Corp, Technology

Hess Corp, Energy

Air Products & Chemicals Inc, Basic Materials

Praxair Inc, Basic Materials

United Technologies Corp, Industrial

Autodesk Inc, Technology

Covanta Holding Corp, Energy

PG&E Corp, Utilities

Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Financial

Life Technologies Corp, Consumer, Non-cyclical

Lexmark International Inc, Technology

Weyerhaeuser Co, Basic Materials

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc, Consumer, Non-cyclical

Advanced Micro Devices Inc, Technology

PSEG Inc, Utilities

Applied Materials Inc, Technology

The Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes (CIIs) are the single most exhaustive study of the USA’s largest multinational companies are managing and adapting to climate change, with a special focus on innovation.Maplecroft rated each company against more than 100 criteria, including: technological innovation and new working practices to combat climate change impacts; management of climate-related issues; adaption to physical climate-related risks, such as flooding or more extreme weather events throughout the supply chain; and the reduction of GHG emissions.